Rutgers University-Camden - Graduate Studenthttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/person-type/graduate-student
enAmanda O’Keefehttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/amanda-o-keefe
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable-okeefe.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Some enroll in law school to propel their own professional trajectory. For second-year Rutgers Law–Camden student Amanda O’Keefe, her decision to earn a law degree is fueled by those she aims to represent: individuals with disabilities, individuals like her sister.</p>
<p>But O’Keefe isn’t waiting until graduation day to make a difference. Her family knows firsthand how valuable learning about available services can be, so, as a law student, she’s launched a pro bono project that will educate area families caring for someone with developmental disabilities on what services exist and what steps need to be taken.</p>
</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p>Titled Learn, Empower &amp; Advocate for the Developmentally Disabled (LEAD), the pro bono project features a series of free and public information sessions on topics like early intervention, supplemental security income, and navigating Department of Children and Families and the Children’s System of Care, the 504 and IEP process, transitional planning, Medicaid, and the Division of Developmental Disabilities.</p>
<p>According to O’Keefe, the inspiration to create this project and to build a career as an advocate for the developmentally disabled is her younger sister, Paige.</p>
<p>“Paige has Turner Syndrome accompanied by many other developmental delays and disabilities. Until recently, my family has struggled to find services for Paige because what is available is not advertised,” says the Rutgers Law–Camden student.</p>
<p>O’Keefe points out that by chance they discovered that the Division of Developmental Disabilities will provide respite family support services to eligible individuals.</p>
<p class="blockquote">“With respite, caregivers can drop their child off to a program for a few hours every weekend. The program allows Paige to interact with other individuals with special needs in a supportive environment and takes her places we have not had an opportunity to.”</p>
<p>“My family is continuously busy with doctors’ appointments, talking with insurance companies, taking Paige to therapy and accompanying her to afterschool activities, and respite is a huge help in that it gives us a little break and allows Paige to experience new things,” she adds. “However, we would have never known about respite if we did not happen to talk with the right person because services and resources available for people with disabilities are not marketed.”</p>
<p>Over the summer, O’Keefe conducted several interviews in Camden, an effort supported by a Horace and Kate King Wu Fellowship. Her findings furthered her belief that other families are just as unaware about services as her own family. “I think by understanding what resources are available to them, the eligibility requirements of each resource, the step-by-step application process, and the types of services that each resource offers, families will be able to ask the right questions and effectively navigate the systems, ultimately securing more services for the individual that they care for.”</p>
<p>O’Keefe is grateful for those at Rutgers Law–Camden who have helped her put her passion into action. “The endless amount of support, guidance, and time given by fellow students, countless community members, and distinguished faculty members such as Dean Friedman and Professor Hinkle has been incredible. I have learned so much through this experience of developing a new pro bono project and new doors are always opening.”</p>
<p>But Jill Friedman, an adjunct professor and acting assistant dean of the Pro Bono and Public Interest Program at Rutgers Law–Camden, is quick to note that it was O’Keefe’s own tenacity that was key in this project becoming part of the roster of Rutgers–Camden pro bono projects.</p>
<p>“Amanda came to me with a proposal to offer full representation to families with special needs. When I told her our Pro Bono and Public Interest Program didn’t have the resources to support the project she had in mind, she wouldn’t take ‘no’ for answer,” Friedman recalls. “So we negotiated a compromise: advice and information for families in need.”</p>
<p>Better still, one of the region’s most distinguished disability rights attorneys serves as an adjunct professor and mentor at Rutgers Law–Camden. Herb Hinkle, a 1974 alumnus, was honored this past spring by the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities with the organization’s highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Advocacy Award. In 2013, he was voted Adjunct Professor of the Year at Rutgers Law–Camden. According to Friedman, Hinkle was eager to support O’Keefe’s efforts.</p>
<p>“As always, Herb jumped at the chance to help. Between his expertise in the relevant areas of law and generosity as a mentor, and Amanda’s boundless enthusiasm, we couldn’t lose. Herb set up a meeting with his friend, retired Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court Helen Hoens, who provided valuable contacts in the special needs community, and Amanda hasn’t stopped for a breath since then.”</p>
<p>O’Keefe remains determined that a J.D. will give her the skills to effectively advocate for individuals with disabilities and that Rutgers Law–Camden is the law school that will prepare her for this career. “Rutgers Law–Camden is embedded in the middle of a vibrant community with so much need and the opportunity to help with something that I am passionate about has been wonderful and fulfilling.”</p>
</div></div>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:44:09 +0000besantos20905 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/amanda-o-keefe#commentsRob Ransom http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/rob-ransom
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable-ransom.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>When Rob Ransom attended LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden, he didn’t see himself as being any different from his peers. After attending Howard University, where he studied political science and community development, the Willingboro native learned to think otherwise.</p>
</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p>“At LEAP, I thought my friends were the same as me. I lived a half hour away, but we lived in very different worlds. My friends may have had a great school and great families, but they weren’t all living in safe environments,” he says. Determined to make a difference in the city he’s come to love, Ransom enrolled at Rutgers Law-Camden. Ultimately, he aims to assist in Camden’s development in a sustained way that benefits all residents.</p>
<p class="blockquote">“I love Camden. It has tons of potential,” Ransom notes. “I was told that to really promote change though, you have to study policy, and law school gives you that tangible grip on policy.”</p>
<p>Ransom has already acted on that ambition by securing opportunities while at Rutgers Law—Camden. In the summer of his 1L year, he interned for U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno, a 1978 alumnus of Rutgers Law—Camden, and clerked at the law firm Montgomery McCracken Walker &amp; Rhoades. Next summer, he will clerk at Archer &amp; Greiner, joining his mentor Lloyd Freeman, a 2007 alumnus of the law school. The Rutgers Law—Camden student said this learning outside of the classroom made him think more like an attorney and made him more excited for law school to begin again.</p>
<p>Now a second-year law student at Rutgers–Camden, Ransom serves as president of the Black Law Students’ Association, which promotes the educational, professional, and social needs and goals of law students of color. Ransom was especially energetic this year for the organization’s annual service event: Safe Halloween.</p>
<p>“All kids should have a right to enjoy their childhoods and Halloween can be a big part of that,” he said. “Safe Halloween has been BLSA’s biggest service event, thanks to the generous donations from the law school’s administration and faculty.”</p>
<p>As a safe alternative to trick-or-treating for children of Camden, Safe Halloween provides music, food, games, entertainment, and candy for approximately 200 Camden City children and their families.</p>
<p>Ransom adds that attending Safe Halloween and interacting with Camden kids and their families is also a rewarding experience. “This might be one of the only opportunities these kids have to be around attorneys. Small interactions like these can have a meaningful impact.</p>
</div></div>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:16:27 +0000besantos20902 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/rob-ransom#commentsNeeta Goelhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/neeta-goel
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable-neeta.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>In her 17 years working for non-profit organizations, Neeta Goel learned that there was a clear disconnect between non-profit work and best practice research. The New Delhi native found that most field-based non-profits, especially in the developing-world contexts, do not have the resources to keep themselves abreast with research on the most effective anti-poverty interventions.</p>
<p>“Yet, it seems to me that this linkage is most essential in the field of development, partly due to the need for greater accountability in the expenditure of public funds, but mostly because people in disadvantaged circumstances deserve our best, most effective efforts,” says Goel, who most recently served as program director for a U.S.-based child-focused organization.</p>
</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p>It was this realization that brought Goel to Rutgers–Camden to pursue a doctorate in the nation’s first Ph.D. program in childhood studies.</p>
<p>Goel is currently one of two graduate students – joining her classmate, Clovis Bergère – to be awarded the prestigious David K. Sengstack Graduate Fellowship for 2014-15. Endowed by the David K. Sengstack Foundation, the fellowship supports the best and brightest doctoral students in childhood studies at Rutgers–Camden.</p>
<p class="blockquote">“I am thrilled to win this award, but it also comes with responsibility.”</p>
<p>According to Goel, her dissertation research focuses on the impact of an anti-poverty policy on the life outcomes of children in India. As she explains, the Indian government guarantees poor families living in rural areas 100 days of employment. It is widely assumed that the additional income generated from this employment will have a positive effect on children’s well-being. To an extent, she says, this assumption is borne out of existing research.</p>
<p>However, Goel explains, parents with severe financial constraints are often forced to make very difficult choices.</p>
<p>“Parents may have to prioritize other needs over their children’s education or health, or may be forced to invest in one child over another, because they cannot afford to support them both,” she says.</p>
<p>Goel hopes to explore the extent to which income impacts children and, in a larger context, determine what can be learned and applied to the design of anti-poverty interventions.</p>
<p>In addition, she is working with Robin Stevens, an assistant professor of childhood studies, as a principal co-investigator on the current research study, <em>Impact Assessment of a Structural Health Intervention on Health in a Low Income Community: a Natural Experiment</em>. The project will assess the impact of the Kroc Center, a multimillion dollar health and wellness center opening in Camden, analyzing the extent to which low-income families living within a one-mile radius make use of the facility, and determine the effect that this usage has on their diet and physical health.</p>
<p>In New Delhi, Goel attended the local Convent of Jesus and Mary. She later earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from New Delhi University and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Mumbai.</p>
</div></div>Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:20:56 +0000besantos18281 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/neeta-goel#commentsClovis Bergère http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/clovis-berg%C3%A8re
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable_clovis.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Ph.D. in childhood studies<br /><strong>Residence:</strong> Collingswood<br /><strong>Hometown: </strong>Paris</p>
<p>Paris native Clovis Bergère is one of two recipients of the prestigious David K. Sengstack Graduate Fellowship for 2014-15. Endowed by the David K. Sengstack Foundation, the fellowship supports the best and brightest graduate students as they study childhood while pursuing their doctoral degrees at Rutgers–Camden in the nation’s first Ph.D. program in childhood studies.</p>
</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p>Bergère focuses his doctoral studies on the complex relationship between youth and their urban environments, and the array of social issues that arise from this confluence.</p>
<p class="blockquote">“I’ve seen these issues from both sides now. There still needs to be much more research done focusing on youth in the city, as well as examining these issues on a global scale.”</p>
<p>Prior to pursuing his doctorate, he gained considerable experience working for non-government organizations (NGOs) and local government. He served as an English and computer teacher at a vocational school in Guinea, West Africa, and subsequently as a project leader for Plan International, a United Kingdom-based NGO, helping to introduce new computer networks and connect students in Africa and the U.K.</p>
<p>Bergère then worked for more than seven years in the public sector in London, most notably in the areas of children’s play and development. Most recently, he served as a project manager for the London Borough of Lambeth, overseeing the building of 29 playgrounds throughout the poorest areas of the borough.</p>
<p>In addition to pursuing his doctorate, Bergère serves as a graduate assistant at Rutgers–Camden. The Collingswood resident earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from London Guildhall University and a master’s degree in environment and development from King’s College London.</p>
</div></div>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 18:45:46 +0000besantos17582 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/clovis-berg%C3%A8re#commentsSweta Sharma http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/sweta-sharma
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable_sharma.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><strong>Residence: </strong>Philadelphia<br /><strong>Major:</strong> Doctoral student in computational and integrative biology</p>
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</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p class="p">Like a complex wiring system, the genetic network within a cell is an interconnected web of strands communicating to ensure the proper function of an organism. At Rutgers–Camden, Sweta Sharma is slowly untangling the web to understand how all the pieces fit together.</p>
<p class="p">“When we study the genetic basis of diseases, we look at certain regulatory pathways,” Sharma says. “Cancer pathways, for example, are not regulated properly.</p>
<p class="blockquote">We’re finding which genes are causing abnormal regulation so we can determine which genes should be targets for drug development to treat the diseases.”</p>
<p>Sharma’s work is a step toward understanding the regulation of gene expression, which can help scientists gain insights into genetic diseases like cancer. Genetic diseases are often caused by abnormalities in gene expression.</p>
</div></div>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 18:22:44 +0000besantos17581 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/sweta-sharma#commentsMichael Rieckenhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/michael-riecken
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable-riecken_1.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><strong>What was your passion in fourth grade? Could you make a career out of it?</strong></p>
<p>For Michael Riecken of Plainfield, N.J., a crocodile created out of egg cartons welcomed him into the fascinating and complex world of Ancient Egypt. Years later, that childhood inspiration has taken him around the world to study ancient objects of great value and significance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the country’s top universities with Egyptology programs, as well as to excavation sites, including the Temple of Mut in Luxor, Egypt.</p>
</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p>Riecken’s latest object of interest is a Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law-Camden. A law degree will arm him with the intellectual resources to safeguard objects of antiquity or as he puts it “to protect the past.”</p>
<p>This act of safeguarding, though, becomes increasingly more challenging in an age when insurgencies or terrorist attacks can be funded by the same objects that he seeks to protect.</p>
<p class="blockquote">“I’m looking to guard objects from theft and provide the best stewardship possible.”</p>
<p>“Guns, drugs and antiquity are the top three sources for funding terrorism on the black market. This happens because the items are small, can be easily smuggled, and are often stored in places that are not well guarded,” says the rising second-year law student.</p>
<p>A legal education, including an emphasis on property law and tax law, will help Riecken in his personal mission to serve as a steward of the past. “I chose this school because of its international reputation, the personal attention the faculty gives to its students, the smaller class size, and my desire to practice law in the Mid-Atlantic Region,” he notes.</p>
</div></div>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:44:32 +0000besantos17558 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/michael-riecken#commentsLara Saguisaghttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/lara-saguisag
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable_Saguisag.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><strong>Children’s book author Lara Saguisag knew how to engage young audiences with stories about her native Philippines. </strong>The author of <em>Children of Two Seasons: Poems for Young People </em>(Anvil, 2007) and <em>Cat Eyes </em>(Lampara, 2006) wanted to understand that audience, as well as children’s books in general, on a deeper level. A PhD in childhood studies from Rutgers–Camden seemed a perfect fit to broaden Lara’s skills.</p>
<p>Her decision to apply was immediately validated: not only was she admitted, she was awarded a Rutgers University Presidential Fellowship, a $30,000 stipend, plus tuition and fee reimbursement, given to just ten doctoral students university-wide each year.</p>
</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p>While preparing for preliminary exams, Lara started to draft her dissertation on representations of children and childhood in early American comic strips from 1895 to the 1930s. To further this endeavor, she has been awarded a Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation Fellowship for Caricature and Cartoon. The $7,500 stipend supports scholarly work from a graduate or doctoral student and seeks to increase awareness and extend documentation of Library of Congress collections by encouraging fellows to use its resources during required two-week residencies and share their findings during public lectures.</p>
<p class="blockquote">I’m curious to learn how children were represented, why the comics were so popular and what their appeal was.</p>
<p>Lara credits her professors for advancing her in positive directions, like submitting papers to journals and to conferences. “They have been instrumental in helping me gain confidence as an academic scholar. That kind of support has had a huge impact on my life and work.”</p>
</div></div>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:40:04 +0000zawislak1544 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/lara-saguisag#commentsKristin Lammershttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/kristin-lammers
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable_KristinLammers.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><strong>Kristin Lammers (right) is thankful for her background in both biology and chemistry. As a graduate student, she coauthored a paper that compared chemical changes in leaf litter collected from New Jersey's Pinelands National Reserve.</strong></p>
<p>“The interdisciplinary focus, along with my background, illustrated how important every branch in science is to current research,” says Kristin, who received her bachelor’s degree in biology and her master’s degree in chemistry from Rutgers–Camden.</p>
</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p>Kristin’s research was a collaborative effort with Dr. John Dighton, professor of biology and director of Rutgers’ Pinelands Field Station, and Dr. Georgia Arbuckle-Keil, professor of chemistry.</p>
<p>“The leaf litter samples were heated to various temperatures in order to study the changes that occur when wildfires or control burns happen,” explains Dr. Arbuckle-Keil. Prescribed burning, she continues, reduces the hazardous accumulations of forest fuels and helps<br />
prevent wildfires.</p>
<p>For this important research, Kristin received an award from the Society of Applied Spectroscopy. But she also discovered a clear vision for her future. “My graduate school experience tremendously helped shape my future in research and teaching,” says Kristin.</p>
<p><strong>She is now pursuing her PhD degree in chemistry at Temple University and would like to become a professor.</strong></p>
</div></div>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:30:01 +0000zawislak1543 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/kristin-lammers#commentsTimika Elliotthttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/timika-elliott
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable_Elliott.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><strong>Growing up, Timika Elliott longed to see herself in the books she read. With five eager readers now calling her “mom,” she’s ready to write her own stories. Timika’s bringing these tales out of her head and onto paper because of her experience in the creative writing program.</strong></p>
<p>“Friends would read my work and tell me ‘it’s great,’ but now I know how to identify what’s really working and what’s not,” says Timika, who served in the Army as a photojournalist. “As a writer, I finally feel like I belong.”</p>
</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p>After completing her military service, Timika earned both her BA and MFA degrees from Rutgers–Camden. She received the Ralph Johnson Bunche Distinguished Graduate Award for being an exceptional, full-time student. Named for the Nobel Peace Laureate, the award provided Timika with a $15,000 stipend plus tuition remission.</p>
<p>“I was humbled in receiving such an honor,” Timika says. “It allowed me to focus on my writing goals and shape my plans for my future in writing.” She aims to publish her book-length thesis which features fiction inspired from her childhood, like the short story “Della,” drawn from Timika’s relationship with her grandmother.</p>
</div></div>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:47:53 +0000zawislak1523 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/timika-elliott#commentsPhilip Arsenaulthttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/philip-arsenault
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/sites/camden.rutgers.edu/files/notable_Arsenault.jpg" width="207" height="190" /></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <h2 class="subheading">public administration (m.p.a.)</h2>
<p>The Department of Public Policy and Administration offers the only nationally and professionally accredited master of public administration (M.P.A.) degree in the Delaware Valley region.</p>
<p>The M.P.A. program offers five concentrations: community development; educational policy and leadership; executive M.P.A.; public management; and international public service and development (IPSD), a nationally recognized program jointly sponsored by the Peace Corps.</p>
</div></div><div class="field field-name-field-body-2 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-item even"> <p>The international public service and development (IPSD) concentration combines coursework on community service, international development policy and administration, and nonprofit management with hands-on experience working with agencies here and abroad. During the first year, students serve in yearlong internships in Camden followed by either a 27-month placement in the Peace Corps or an alternative, one-year international assignment.</p>
<p class="blockquote">My bachelor’s degree trained me to work with government agencies. I pursued the IPSD track because my focus was on international politics.</p>
<p>Philip Arsenault spent the last year in São Paulo working for CEBRAP, an interdisciplinary research institution that develops studies on Brazil. The think tank he worked with focused on politics—a perfect fit for Philip, who received a B.A. degree in political science from Rutgers– Camden. “My bachelor’s degree trained me to work with government agencies. I pursued the IPSD track because my focus was on international politics,” Philip says.</p>
<p>At CEBRAP, Philip ran databases and performed quantitative research regarding decentralization issues in metropolitan areas. When he wasn’t working at CEBRAP, he wrote six reports that detailed his project as part of the M.P.A. curriculum. Philip enters the job market with a resume that boasts international experience, because of his Rutgers–Camden graduate degree. “I never went abroad until this program. The M.P.A. program allowed me to do that.”<br />
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</div></div>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:32:45 +0000besantos1407 at http://www.camden.rutgers.eduhttp://www.camden.rutgers.edu/notable-person/philip-arsenault#comments